Mortality screening is a key component within our data cleansing process. Playing a role in both “Know Your Customer” checks and direct marketing activities, mortality screening is employed in many industries.
Deceased Screening
The process of deceased screening has several applications. Some companies will mortality screen as part of a data cleansing exercise; mortality screening their consumer database or prospect mailing list, others use mortality screening as part of an identity check.
- Impersonation of the Deceased (IOD) fraud is one of the fastest growing identity fraud types in the UK; utilising mortality screening as part of the identity check process can flag potential fraud
- The complaint most commonly received by the Information Commissioner is from distressed relatives receiving mail intended for a deceased loved one. Mortality screening prospect mailing lists will help to avoid incorrect mailings and demonstrate a commitment to ethical marketing
- Over £400m is paid out to deceased pensioners annually; mortality screening your policyholder portfolio can identify potential overpayments
Mortality Screening Solutions
Tracesmart Corporate has the most comprehensive mortality screening file in the UK – Deathscreen.
Deathscreen is a dual tiered mortality screening system which calls upon GRO death index data and the Halo dataset (also known as Mortascreen) from Millennium. Utilising these datasets, Deathscreen is able to match mortalities by name and last known address as well as name and date of birth.
To find out more about our mortality screening solution, in either our data cleansing or identity check tools, contact Tracesmart Corporate.
